{"id":144365,"date":"2024-05-13T14:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T07:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/thrill-me-hide-me-restore-me-what-can-we-learn-about-artists-from-their-gardens\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T14:27:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T07:27:29","slug":"thrill-me-hide-me-restore-me-what-can-we-learn-about-artists-from-their-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/thrill-me-hide-me-restore-me-what-can-we-learn-about-artists-from-their-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Thrill me, hide me, restore me: what can we learn about artists from their gardens?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFrom the spectacular Tarot Garden Niki de Saint Phalle built in Tuscany to Barbara Hepworth\u2019s sculpture oasis in St Ives, artists\u2019 green spaces are about so much more than plants and pruning\u2018I have a dream sometimes,\u201d writes Olivia Laing in her new book, A Garden Against Time. \u201cI dream I\u2019m in a house, and discover a door I didn\u2019t know was there. It opens into an unexpected garden, and for a weightless moment I find myself inhabiting new territory, flush with potential \u2026 What might grow here, what rare roses will I find?\u201dIt\u2019s a beautiful book that explores the garden as a political site \u2013 of sanctified and at times selfish seclusion in an unequal world \u2013 but also as a place of healing, hope, creativity and renewal. Melding biography with art, Laing looks at the restorative power of gardens during times of distress and plague, from planting her own during the pandemic to Derek Jarman\u2019s Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, where he settled after his HIV diagnosis and intertwined sculpture with growing santolina. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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